"FWIW ...to me, positive and negative are just inner judgments that I can well do without. All I want to be is neutral ...everywhere and nowhere...
No, Rande has not disappeared. Just not seeing potential in some of the directions taken. Not that interested in banter as a social outlet....
Good for you. I don't see so mucg evil and abusive people -- what I see is what I call adaptive mindlessness. People are born into, adapt to,...
I like you. Don't know you. But admire that you ground your assessments in observable assertions. It keeps you out of the virtual world of...
You and I will land on very different positions here. One thing I can appreciate is you objection about my spelling. For what ever reason, my...
I find your honesty refreshing. What you are calling "whatever substance missing in the chemistry of my brain" is often called a chemical...
Your brain is actually a powerful pharmacy. Emotional states and the embedded beliefs about self produce a unique cocktail that forms the basis...
One last time. I have coached a number of tennis players also. I certainly hope that an aspiring tennis player seeks out a coach to teach...
Traders specifically -- 4-5 years. One showed up in my office and more followed. Then I started speaking at Traders Expo's. I've been a...
Yes, but gosh, my understanding of belief system is more closely alaigned with the concept of perceptual map. This is where biology and mind...
Squirming may be a better discription. In the head game, it is always about what part of the self is currently controlling the committee of the...
No. I have no passion for trading -- so it would be a mistake. I teach peak performance. My interest in traders is that there is no room for...
On several levels. Actually I have worked with a number of golfers in the area of peak performance. The key is to determine what attributes are...
I'll tell you what I find interesting.... That traders that give little or no credance to the psychology of self as part of trading -- are...
No argument here. Until we own something, we can not master it. Developing the mindfulness to be able to separate our sense of being from our...
It is the state of mind that we bring to uncertainty that opens or closes the possibilities that we see and act in. There is no final algorithm...
Genes express themselves in different ways based on environmental pressures. There is no black and white, off and on, switch. It's far more...
True. I view trading as life on steroids. It's nearly impossible to continue the avoidance of your psychological demons though. Your trading...
And that 800 lb gorilla is "you" also. This is where a trader has to develop emotional regulation skills to keep the body and brain from...
By J. Rande Howell, MEd, LPC "There seems to be an invisible hand that is guiding my trading, and I don't seem to have much say-so in...
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